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ONF launches; come see at Interop http://goo.gl/tPZ8X #Interop (via@opennetfound)

By Dan Pitt | Published: May 8, 2011
After some months getting organized under the covers, the Open Networking Foundation launched officially on March 22, 2011 with six board members and 17 other members. Since then another nine companies have joined. A complete list of current members can be seen at www.OpenNetworkingFoundation.org. [Full disclosure: I am dedicated fulltime to ONF as executive director.] [...]
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My how things have evolved in six months

By Dan Pitt | Published: August 29, 2010
Okay, I’ve been busy with another startup and kind of neglected my blog. I would, however, like to highlight two observations that have come to me during this time. First, the iPad spells – in my opinion – the decline and ultimate end of the single-purpose appliance. That includes all the e-readers, new Android-based virtual [...]
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This Macworld was probably my last

By Dan Pitt | Published: February 16, 2010
One pleasure of living in the Bay Area is that I get to go to Macworld every year for only the cost of a Caltrain (commuter rail) ticket, around eight bucks. I’ve been going every year, just to the Expo (trade show), with my son, who is now 18. (We always manage either to get [...]
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    Perhaps we met at the Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale (where I was an executive in residence), at Santa Clara University (where I served as dean of engineering), or at Nortel, Bay Networks, HP, or IBM. In California, North Carolina, or Switzerland. Or prowling Downtown Palo Alto restaurants, but that's another website.